Arch-supporting shoe



W. W. McCOY.

ARCH SUPPORTING SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED nus 5, $919.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

1 1 'ENTOR.

ATTORNE WILLIAM W. McCOY, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ARCH-SUPPORTING SHOE.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, WILLIAM W. MCCOY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement, in Arch- Supporting Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

it is customary to extend the heel of shoes forward to a position beneath the scaphoid or the keystone bone of the foot, to give support to the feet of people who have'fallen or weak arches.

Other means by which it has been attempted to afiord relief to people thus aillicted are so called arch-supports which are to be placed within the shoe.

The objection to a shoe with an extension heel is that it is unsightly. The-objection to the arch supports is that they exert a pressure upon the foot at all times even though the foot wearing the support be supporting no weight.

Another objection thereto is that they are too still in movement.

The object o'lniy invention is a shoe which has the appearance of anordinary shoe, which will support the scaphoid bone without putting a tension on the muscles of the foot and which will permit of easy movement of the foot.

These objects are attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of a shoe embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a. shoe embodying my invention.

The shoe has the usual heel 0., outer sole a and inner sole (1?. Between the inner and outer sole I mount a metal spring plate B. Plate 13 is made preferably of spring steel. is from two to two and one-half inches in length, and has ah approximately straight I Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Application filed August 5, 1919. Serial No. 315,535.

side 1;. Its opposite side at the reduced end of the plate is approximately parallel to the side 7) but gradually diverges from the side I) forming an expanded end 6. The edges of the plate are preferably curved slightly upward. Y

The plate is secured either to the inner or to the outer sole by means of rivets, so that the straight edge 7) is parallel to the outer edge a of the shoe and so that the expanded end Z) extends beyond the forward edge of the heel and in a position suchthat it will be beneath the scaphoid bone of the foot.

In use the spring exerts no pressure upon the foot except when a person, is standing on his feet. Thus it gives support to the arch and no discomfort to the person when he is resting. In taking a step, the spring'permits the forward portion of the foot to have its usual rotary motion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is y 1. In a shoe the combination of a heel. an outer sole, an inner sole and a spring plate interposed between the inner and outer soles and having its rear end supported by the heel and its forward end tree, projecting beyond the heel and terminating at a point beneath that over which the scaphoid bone of the foot is located.

, 2. In a shoe the combination-ot a heel, an inner sole, an outer sole, and a spring support having one straight side and a curved ride which at the forward end diverges tn" the straight side and forms an expanded end upon the plate, the plate being located between the inner and outer soles'and with its expanded end being free and extending beyond the heel and terminating at a position beneath the point over which the scaphoid bone of the foot is located.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of August,

- WILLIAM w. MCCOY. 

